Tomorrow (Friday) marks the deadline for MLB clubs to set their rosters ahead of the annual Rule 5 Draft. Said draft, which usually takes place in the shuffle at the end of the busy Winter Meetings, will be virtual this year, as will be the entirety of those meetings that usually help define the entire offseason.
The entire premise of the draft, of course, is based on one clear tenet - teams shouldn’t be able to stockpile so much talent in their own systems that it keeps players who would otherwise be on the cusp of a big league opportunity blocked ad infinitum.